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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 244.

Passed Mar.
10, 1856.

AN ACT to make valid a deed from James L. Dy-
son, Margaret Dyson, Gared F. Dyson and O. W.
Dyson, to William E. Burtles.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, by reason of the residence of the grantors
in several different States, irregularity of mails and
different laws, the deed of the grantors is defective
in form only; therefore,

Deed made
made valid.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the deed bearing date on the seventh day
of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred
and fifty-two; by and between James L. Dyson and
Margaret Dyson, of the town of Alexandria in the State
of Virginia, Gared F. Dyson, of Washington county
in the State of Maryland, and Owen W. Dyson, of
Hamilton county, in the State of Tennessee, of the one
part, and Wm. E. Burtles, of Charles county in the
State of Maryland, of the other part; and recorded in
Liber J. T. B No.—, folios 312, 313, 314, 315, of the
land records of St. Mary's county, on the fifteenth
day of February eighteen hundred and fifty-three;
shall be and is hereby declared to be as valid to all
intents and purposes as if the same had in all partic-
ulars been executed, acknowledged and recorded in
the form and within the time prescribed by law;

Proviso.

Provided, that nothing herein shall be taken or con-
strued to relate to other than defects of form, or to
invalidate any rights to the property mentioned in the
said deed not bona fide conveyed, meant, mentioned
or intended to be conveyed thereby; and provided
that nothing in this act shall invalidate the title of any
bona fide purchaser.